Hassock



J. M. SMILER Sept. A7, 1948.

HASSOCK Filed Feb. l5, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IIIIII .III III lllllllllll INVENTOR. Juuh IH. Smiler.

Emmy Patented Sept. 7, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicB Jacob M. Smiler, Philadelphia, Pa.

Application February 13, 1946, Serial No. 647,324

1 Claim.

My invention relates to a hassock, and relates particularly to a hassock made of a casing of stiff cardboard having a cushion within the upper portion of the casing.

In the prior art, hassocks have been filled with sisal, wool, straw, or excelsior, and the exterior had a covering of leather or imitation leather. The prior art hassocks were oi relatively great weight, and were relatively expensive.

It is an object of my invention to provide a hassock which is light in weight.

Another object of my invention is to provide a hassock which is inexpensive to manufacture and which has a minimum amount of stitching therein.

Another object of my invention is to provide a hassock which is resilient, which Will return to its original shape repeatedly after it has been used, and which will resist and withstand great coinpressive forces.

Other objects of my invention are to provide an improved device of the character described, that is easily and economically produced, and which is sturdy in construction.

With the above and related objects in View, my invention consists in the details of construction and combination of parts, as will be more fully understood from the following description, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a top View of a hassock embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side view of a hassock embodying my invention.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of the Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view showing the filler for my hassock.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary cross sectional view through the hassock.

Referring now in greater detail to the drawing, I show a corrugated or heavy cardboard casing, generally designated as A, in the form of a box having a hollow interior or chamber I and with an open topi. Within the chamber I0 I place two or more interlocking filler sheets I2 and I4 of heavy cardboard. The ends of each of the cardboards I2 and I4 are positioned within the'chamber I0 of the casing A to join opposite corners of the casing, and the cardboards are interlocked one vwith the other. The interlocking c-ardboards I2 and I4 reach close to the top of the casing A.

An extra sheet of cardboard 22 is laid adjacent the outside of the bottom 26 of the casing to add strength thereto. The outside of the vertical walls I5 of the corrugated casing and the bottom cardboard sheet 12 2, are covered with soft wool I6 to give a soft touch to the hassock and then the soft wool is covered with leather, imitation leather, or a composition 20 which has one portion glued, or pasted. or otherwise fastened to the inner vertical Wall, as at lI8. The other ends are overlapped on the bottom and the overlapped ends are glued, or otherwise held together, as by an extra bottom covering 2l.

Upon the uppermost edges of the interlocking cardboards I2, I4 is a horizontally positioned cardboard support 30 located to have its edges abut against the interior walls of the casing. The support 30 carrys a cushion. generally designated as B, which c-ushion fills the top of the chamber I0.

The cushion B preferably comprises a hollow cardboard bottom 32 and sidewalls 34, and the interior of the cardboard cushion casing is suitably encased with leatherlike material 38. similar to and matching the casing material 20. The cushion B is placed Within the upper portion of the casing chamber I0, so that it rests upon the support 30 which in turn rests upon the interlocked sheets I2 and I4.

The top of the cushion B is substantially even with the top of the casing A and the cushion is nestled within the casing chamber.

I may place la flap to cover the juncture o-f the cushion B and its casing A in order to prevent any portion of a persons clothing from slipping in between the cushion and the interior of the casing and, also. to give the hassock the appearance of a. unitary or integrally formed article.

The hassock, used Ias a foot rest, is usually placed adjacent a chair. The hassock embodying my invention will readily support the full weight of a person sitting or standing on the hassock.

Although my invention has been described in considerable detail, such description is intended as being illustrative rather than limiting, since the invention may be variously embodied, and

the scope of the invention is to be determined as claimed.

I claim as my invention:

A hassock comprising a hollow corrugated casing open at its top, a covering of soft pliable material on the outside of said casing, a covering of leatherlike material on the outside of said soft pliable material, a plurality of interlocking ller sheets of heavy cardboard within said casing and extending to a short distance of the top of the casing, a holloW support Within said casing and mounted above said ller sheets, a cushion mounted Within said support and being located Within said casing, and a covering for the cushion, the

top of said cushion being positioned on substantially the same level as the top of the casing.

JACOB M. SIVIILER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 10 Number Name Date 1,712,412 Westerman May '7, 1929 2,214,586 Isaacson Sept. 10, 1940 2,265,841 J-ankowski Dec. 9. 1941 

